Notion Integration

Keep a tidy copy of your collections and highlights in your own Notion workspace. Sync is automatic, runs in the background, and is one-way (Linkwise โ Notion) - Linkwise stays the source of truth.
Before you connect: create one home page in Notion
Unlike some tools, you don't need to create any databases yourself - Linkwise builds those for you. You only need to give it a home:
- In Notion, create a new page and name it something like "Linkwise".
- That's it. Leave it empty - Linkwise will fill it in.
Why: during connection you'll grant Linkwise access to this one page, and everything it creates lands neatly inside it. If you instead grant access to your whole workspace, things can end up scattered - so a dedicated page keeps it clean.
Connect
- Open Linkwise โ Settings โ Integrations โ Connect Notion.
- Notion opens and asks which pages to share. Select your "Linkwise" page (and only that page).
- Tap Allow access. You'll bounce back to Linkwise, now showing Connected.
That's the whole setup. Linkwise immediately starts creating the structure and syncing your existing collections and highlights (this can take a little while the first time if you have a lot saved).
What Linkwise creates
Inside your "Linkwise" page, Linkwise builds two sections so your reading list and your highlights stay separate:
๐ Linkwise (your page)
โโโ ๐ Collections (section โ one database per collection)
โ โโโ Reading (database)
โ โ โข Article A โ Title ยท URL ยท Tags ยท Saved ยท Source
โ โ โข Article B
โ โโโ Research
โ โโโ Unsorted (links not in any collection)
โโโ โ๏ธ Annotations (section)
โโโ Linkwise Highlights (database โ one page per highlighted article)
โข Article A โ your highlights (quotes) + notes inside
โข Article C
Collections - each collection becomes a database, and every saved link is a row with its Title, URL, Tags, Saved date, and Source. Open a row to see the link's AI summary (if enabled) and a bookmark to the original.
Annotations - each highlighted article becomes a page in the Linkwise Highlights database. Open a row to read the highlights (as quote blocks) and your notes (as ๐ฌ callouts). The table view only shows the columns - the actual highlighted text lives inside each page.
Fine-tune it
Each row on the Integrations screen has two buttons:
- Options - turn a lane on/off, choose whether deleting something in Linkwise also archives its Notion page, and whether to include AI summaries.
- Reset Sync - rebuilds that lane from scratch. Use it if a database ever gets out of shape or you want a clean re-copy. (Collections and Annotations reset independently.)
You can sync only collections, only annotations, or both - they're independent.
Good to know
- It's a one-way mirror. Linkwise is the source of truth. If you edit a synced page directly in Notion, your changes may be overwritten on the next sync. Treat Notion as a read-only copy.
- Deleting is safe. When you delete or archive a link/collection in Linkwise, its Notion page is archived (moved to Notion's Trash, recoverable) rather than left behind - you can turn this off in Options.
- Highlights live inside the page. In the Highlights database, click a row to see the quotes and notes; the table only shows the summary columns.
- Disconnect anytime. Settings โ Integrations โ Disconnect. Syncing stops, your existing Notion pages stay exactly where they are.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
| Nothing appears in Notion after connecting | Give it a few minutes on first sync. Make sure you granted access to your "Linkwise" page during connection. |
| Things landed in an unexpected place | You may have granted access to more than one page. Disconnect, then reconnect granting access to only your "Linkwise" page. |
| A database looks wrong or half-built | Tap Reset Sync on that lane to rebuild it cleanly. |
| I don't see my highlighted text | Open the row (page) - highlights are inside the page body, not in the table columns. |
Note: Notion sync requires Linkwise Pro.